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Posting the youtube video on the how to Common areas for leaking 1. intercooler boots 2. intake shelf gasket 3. grid heater gasket. Steps: pressurize the system, to ~ 5- 10 psi using the setup in the above video > next use soapy water in a spray bottle to soap up the intake track. start at the turbo and work your way to the intake side of the engine. Spray and watch for bubbles in each area. View full Cummins article

Salmon River Rural Fire Dept got a upgraded fire truck. This is a Oshkosh from a military base. Powered by a Cummins Big Cam 400. Strange enough right around the 40 to 45 MPH speed this beast get a death wobble pretty good. The fire chief and I took it into town to load it with water and see if water weight helps. Kind of but still there. The driver side tie rod end is rather sloppy (possibly) and the tire is cupping on the inside from possibly being toed out. I suggested on just replacing both and if any slack is found and have it aligned up again. Beyond the fact is a military fire truck this thing is set up rather weird where the cab is a wide …

Figured I should start another thread about reloading to keep things seperate. I believe @AH64ID said heused berger bullets? what has brought you to them? I am currently using hornady eld-x for my hunting rounds, but I have heard a lot about bergers. Berger is pretty proud of their stuff though $$

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Had to light a fire this morning..... got the wood stove going for the first time since last spring. Now for watching that redneck southern drawl Dr. Vernan Mc Gee. He is really cool.

I have a company truck and am expecting kid #3, it was time to say goodbye good news is it’s going to farmer with multiple cummins and they work on trucks

Just when I had a big weekend planned for the skiddy I broke a left rear drive chain. There goes those plans up in smoke. Anybody ever replaced one and care to share any shortcuts/ tricks/ tips? Looks like a real PITA.

Bought a tank of fuel today and I open the hood to look and check the oil. This what I find. Going to coolant babies at at any moment. Auto Zone 1/4 mile away has one. Go down and get it and not one pair of channel locks for the spring clamps. Hey I am at AZ, free loaner tools and they dont have any either. Managed to get them off with the tools at hand. Grab what I thought was a jug of 50/50 mix of coolant and out pours 2 stroke oil. Only pored a couple table spoons and figure I'll fill it with water and flush out when get home. Me nor AZ have anything to put water in, so the manager gave me a gallon of 50/50 mix for free. Cant beat that. Got yall …

As of last night I've started my own shop in Pollock Idaho. I've been taking to people about the lack mechanic shops in the area. Then a guy I've know that has a 3 bay shop already he's will to make a business agreement where I get to use his shop for a percentage of the profits. So far this is a work in progress and nothing is set in gold yet but working towards how we both would like to see things happen. I will have one bay with a 8,000 pound two post lift and then two other flat ground bays to work from. Floors are heated in the winter time, and A/C (swap cooler) during the summer. I've got to give the owner a hand moving some stuff to storage but he's agreed to clean…

Need a floor jack and I'd be set

I have a gut feeling that with what is happening in the auto industry these days that the old cars, being a lot of them are already valuable, are now going to go thru the stratosphere hitting astronomical prices. I'm talking the kind of money you can retire on. Even 70's 80's vintage are going to be in greater demand. Watch over your second gen truck.... nice ones are only starting to go up in price. That's my thoughts or my jet fuel coffee........Mopar Man drinks 90 weight with 5 spoons sugar lol

I want to bring up something that i think is rather weird. Majority of people here are quick to make changes to there truck and ditch OEM stuff. For the 2nd Gen 24V the OEM lift pump is removed and upgraded to FASS, AirDog or mechanical pump. Stock OEM injectors pull out and aftermarket oversized injectors installed. Then the Factory ECM tune is ditched for Quadzilla, Smarty, Edge, etc. Why in the heck does any one want to hold so dearly to a thermostat, water pump or a fan clutch that MUST be OEM? First off if you do your research Moprar and Cummins don't make very many parts. Like the last blow up over a thermostat. There is only a small handfu…

Them there 110hp kits really drive up the price these days! If you miss this one I'll sell mine for 2k less.

What you guys using on your plastic dash boards etc interior /exterior plastic to protect from UV and getting brittle from sun etc ?

Catching up on yard work today and trimming hedges. Trimming the 2 on the end of the house as I do every year. On the secod one I am going at it and noice a burning sensation my hand and kept going. Then I felt in my shoe. Look at my hand there the sob is pumping venom. I look further and see one on my leg and 4 on shorts stinging the crap out them. I beat a hasty retreat, think I got them off and goin the house. While standing at the kitchen sink I spot 2 more on clothes and pull my shoe off and 2 fly out. So I spend the next 10 minutes hunting yellow jackets and dispatching them. The whole time the wife never woke up from her nap. That was good for me because I c…

Had an interesting day. Found a new cafe near the job for breakfast. Eating my breakfast I happened to look at my coffee and whatdo I see. Thats a good way to start the day. Then some time during the day I miss salesman. I step in the job shack and what do I find. Got several little trinkets over the years but never a pot to small room pee in. On maybe.

Payed 200. This one needs a water pump. Tonight I got it tore down motor mount off and ready to yank timing belt and water pump reinstall new. This car is in surprisingly good shape. It's not a tdi just the normal gas 2.0 120k on odometer runs decent. We payed 2500 for our tdi jetta this one seems to be in overall alittle better shape. Wish it was easy to work on like our trucks. Tomorrow should be going back together

I dont know about you boys up north but we are plagued with mosquitoes down here. My brother came over the other day and said he saw a DynaTrap billboard so I did some research and Sam's had the best price so I just went and got one. Im hoping to see some results in a week or so and ill llet yall know how it works. https://dynatrap.com/products/